The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

Jagr is just hoping to be the oxygen tank that helps them reach the peak again.

“I wish I could (make a big impact), but I’m not 25 years old anymore,” Jagr said Thursday after skating with his new teammates for the first time in the morning skate. “I don’t think this team really needs that. They won the Cup two years ago. When you look at all of their top guys, they’re still here. When you look at me I just want to come in here and help them produce a little more.”

Jagr developed a reputation as a coach-killer and franchise-destroyer after his ugly exits from Pittsburgh and Washington. Providence coach Bruce Cassidy coached Jagr with the Capitals for two seasons and told the Providence Journal this week that Jagr loved to talk the game, but “it just had to be on his terms.”

When Jagr left the Rangers after the 2007-08 season and went to the KHL, he still had that tag as a selfish scorer.

After three years overseas, he returned to the NHL with the Flyers in 2011. This time, the reports were of a more team-friendly Jagr on Broad Street.

Without Jagr — who signed with Dallas in the offseason — Giroux has slipped this season and the Flyers have fallen out of the playoff structure. When word that Jagr could be available in a trade from the Stars, the Flyers were excited at the prospect of bringing him back, if not so much for his scoring punch as his voice in the dressing room.

“It would be great (having him back),” Flyers winger Scott Hartnell told CSN Philly on Tuesday. “Just his presence early on (this season) was really missed. His leadership, the guy he is around the room. His smiles are infectious.?I think he would bring back instant chemistry with G. We would welcome him with open arms.”

That’s the kind of talk Bruins management is hoping to hear when this season is over. Jagr the veteran presence — who’d have thunk it when he left the Capitals in ruins?

“I’ve been around a long time,” Jagr said. “The game has changed so I’ve had to change. I’m not the guy who wanted to score the most goals in the league or scored the most points in the league. Don’t get me wrong — I like to score.

“But there are more important things for me in the whole picture: to win as a team. In that kind of way I’ve changed a lot.”

Jagr will begin his Boston career Thursday night against the Devils as the right wing on the second line, riding shotgun to Tyler Seguin. Perhaps Seguin could be aided by Jagr the way Giroux and Dallas center Jamie Benn were (statistics show both were significantly better playing next to Jagr), and reach the full potential that made him a No. 2 overall draft pick.

“I’ve changed so I kind of like it,” Jagr said. “I don’t mind it at all. I was in the same situation in Philadelphia last year. I was so happy when I see the other guys play with me, my teammates, doing so good. When they did interviews (in Philadelphia), they said, ‘Jagr helped us.’ So, that’s what makes me also happy, not just scoring goals but (hearing) he can help. I know I can help.”